I saw a post on the Book of Faces that pointed out that 2023 is 53 years after 1970. While that makes a lot of people my age feel old, if you go back 53 years from 1970, the date is 1917.

wait - what??

That means that someone born in 1907 would have been the age I am now in 1970. That is astounding. Us late-stage boomers and Gen-Xers have the advantage of a new millennium happening in the middle of our adult years to shield us from the reality of jarring factoids like this.
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 09/20/2023 16:22:33 by Raine)

Earlier this month NBC News reported that the GOP held a 'conversational meeting' to explore ways to move away from the 'Pro-Life' messaging for the last 50 years. That messaging started after Roe V Wade gave women the right to abortion. Dobbs left that right to the States.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 09/18/2023 15:33:49 by Raine)

I'm referring to a former Governor, presidential candidate and current Senator. This guy:
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 09/15/2023 01:38:27 by TriSec)

Good Morning.

Well, we have reached that point in the Earth's orbit that we choose to call September 12. I am loathe to add to the navel-gazing that always happens at this time of year, but I cannot avoid it this time.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 09/12/2023 14:26:39 by BobR)

Jimmy Buffet Tribute on a late summer Friday...



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2 comments (Latest Comment: 09/08/2023 14:54:42 by Raine)